Flocculating characteristic of activated sludge flocs:Interaction between Al^(3+) and extracellular polymeric substances  

作　　者：Xiaodong Ruan Lin Li Junxin Liu 

机构地区：[1]Research Center for Eco-Environmental Science,Chinese Academy of Sciences

出　　处：《Journal of Environmental Sciences》2013年第5期916-924,共9页环境科学学报（英文版）

基　　金：funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51138009,50921064)

摘　　要：Aluminum flocculant can enhance the flocculating performance of activated sludge.However,the binding mechanism of aluminum ion（Al 3＋） and extracellular polymeric substances（EPS） in activated sludge is unclear due to the complexity of EPS.In this work,threedimensional excitation emission matrix fluorescence spectroscopy（3DEEM）,fluorescence quenching titration and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy（FT-IR） were used to explore the binding behavior and mechanism between Al 3＋ and EPS.The results showed that two fluorescence peaks of tyrosineand tryptophan-like substances were identified in the loosely bound-extracellular polymeric substances（LB-EPS）,and three peaks of tyrosine-,tryptophanand humic-like substances were identified in the tightly boundextracellular polymeric substances（TB-EPS）.It was found that these fluorescence peaks could be quenched with Al 3＋ at the dosage of 3.0 mg/L,which demonstrated that strong interactions took place between the EPS and Al 3＋.The conditional stability constants for Al 3＋ and EPS were determined by the Stern-Volmer equation.As to the binding mechanism,the-OH,N-H,C=O,C-N groups and the sulfurand phosphorus-containing groups showed complexation action,although the groups in the LB-EPS and TB-EPS showed different behavior.The TB-EPS have stronger binding ability to Al 3＋ than the LB-EPS,and TB-EPS play an important role in the interaction with Al 3＋.Aluminum flocculant can enhance the flocculating performance of activated sludge.However,the binding mechanism of aluminum ion（Al 3＋） and extracellular polymeric substances（EPS） in activated sludge is unclear due to the complexity of EPS.In this work,threedimensional excitation emission matrix fluorescence spectroscopy（3DEEM）,fluorescence quenching titration and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy（FT-IR） were used to explore the binding behavior and mechanism between Al 3＋ and EPS.The results showed that two fluorescence peaks of tyrosineand tryptophan-like substances were identified in the loosely bound-extracellular polymeric substances（LB-EPS）,and three peaks of tyrosine-,tryptophanand humic-like substances were identified in the tightly boundextracellular polymeric substances（TB-EPS）.It was found that these fluorescence peaks could be quenched with Al 3＋ at the dosage of 3.0 mg/L,which demonstrated that strong interactions took place between the EPS and Al 3＋.The conditional stability constants for Al 3＋ and EPS were determined by the Stern-Volmer equation.As to the binding mechanism,the-OH,N-H,C=O,C-N groups and the sulfurand phosphorus-containing groups showed complexation action,although the groups in the LB-EPS and TB-EPS showed different behavior.The TB-EPS have stronger binding ability to Al 3＋ than the LB-EPS,and TB-EPS play an important role in the interaction with Al 3＋.

关 键 词：extracellular polymeric substances activated sludge aluminum ion three-dimensional excitation emission matrix fluorescence quenching Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy 

分 类 号：X703[环境科学与工程—环境工程]